The Sustained Two-Shot
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Every Frame a Painting (Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou)
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What do you do when you’ve got two actors, a bunch of dialogue, and only enough time to get one camera angle? Consider one of the oldest tools in the filmmaking toolbox: the sustained two-shot. Part of a limited series of new video essays.
To read more about the two-shot, from the late David Bordwell: http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/201…
Written by Taylor Ramos & Tony Zhou
Edited & Narrated by Tony Zhou
Music by Sean William
BTS footage filmed by Julie Ng